Medical units of U.S. military units in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. Wheels of jeeps and other vehicles as seen moving over a dirt road. The vehicles are used as sealed ambulances. Several vehicles parked in the background. Several marines standing and walking near the parked trucks, jeeps and other vehicles in the far background. The marines carry an injured man on a stretcher near a parked field ambulance. One of the marines holds a glucose bottle. Several large tents in the far background. The wounded marine is carried into an operating room.
Medical units of U.S. military units in Iwo Jima, Japan during the Battle of Iwo Jima, World War II. A launcher on a beach. A portion of the launcher fires and a bomb explodes in the ocean. Marines arrive near the launcher and examine it. Hands point to the underside of the launcher. Projectiles in the launcher. A marine aboard a parked tank on the beach. Concertina barbed wire in the foreground. Water in the background. The launcher fires bombs which land and explode in the ocean in the background.
United States Marine Corps of the 3rd Marine Division invade the Iwo Jima Island during the Iwo Jima operation of World War II. The wounded Marines being evacuated from the island. United States Navy aircraft landing on and taking off from the runway. A number of P-51 Mustangs parked along the runway.
United States Marine Corps of the 3rd Marine Division invade the Iwo Jima Island during the Iwo Jima operation of World War II. Tracers in the sky during night firing. Trucks and jeep on dirt road at United States camp area. Ships at harbor in the background.
(Opening slate identifies D+4, and then a corrected slate says D+5.) U.S. marines amphibious landing activities on Iwo Jima during World War 2. Marines silhouetted against bright sky, while standing inside a Landing Ship Tank (LST) as the front ramp is lowered. An M4A3 Sherman medium tank, equipped with raised exhaust and air intakes (a wading tank), is exiting the ship. Scene shifts to views from onshore, of Landing Ships Tank (LSTs) 477 and 808, beached, on the sand. A Landing Craft Tank (LCT-1243) is on the deck of LST 808. Several M4A3 wading tanks of the 3rd Marine Tank Battalion are seen leaving LST 477. Exhaust fumes are visible from their raised ducts. Third Marine Division infantry, on the deck of LST 477, watch the tanks offloading. (Note, regarding the date. Accordng to the Navy Department Library, the 3rd Marine Division joined the Iwo Jima fighting on the fifth day of the battle. So the unloading operations, from LSTs, 477 and 808, seen in this film, could be taking place on D+5.)
U.S. 4th Marine Division during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War 2. Views from Landing craft arriving at Yellow 1 Beach during U.S. amphibious assault on Iwo Jima. A sherman tank at the water's edge. The next day, two marines tend to a wounded out of sight below a bluff. One is seen holding a container of blood plasma above his head as they administer emergency treatment. A sherman flailing (crab) mine-clearing tank equipped for deep wading moves across the beach. Closeups of marines hunkered down on the beach, taking cover near armor, as they attempt to move inland. Marines and equipment covering the beachhead. Close offshore, an explosion sends water into the air. LSM-216 is seen maneuvering close to shore, attempting to bring ashore "C" Company tanks to Yellow Beach II. Marines setting a smoke screen of dense white smoke.